USPS Parcel select or First class mail? Shipping profiles?

Shipping

I've scoured multiple posts but couldn't find an answer.

I'm currently creating a shipping profile for an item, and I couldn't see the Ground Advantage option. So I heard that it's because etsy still hasn't made the changes to the names, but what I can't get a solid answer on is: is the "First Class Mail" the right one to enable ground advantage as an option, or is "Parcel select ground" the one i need to enable for ground advantage to be available to buyers?

Or do i need to check both of them?

Also might be a bit of a dumb question but, i see that fedex or ups isn't showing when creating a shipping profile. How do i go about offering those? People say to use pirateship, but I don't understand it. If only USPS is available as choices to the buyer, they'd only be able to pay the calculated shipping price for USPS services right?

Thanks.

Posted Feb 17, 2026, 3:19 AM UTC

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